This oil on board by Sam Newton, one of the Florida Highwaymen, depicts a moody Florida summer's evening with palm trees and a soft landscape w a stream going down the center. Sam Newton is known for having a "dreamlike" talent and this painting exhibits that perfectly. It is signed in the lower right. Newton is one of the twenty-six original African American artists who became known as the Florida Highwaymen. His brother, Harold Newton was also one of the Highwaymen artists and taught Sam his artistic skills. They all lived in the Fort Pierce area of Florida and taught themselves how to paint, and were forced to sell their paintings from the trunks of their cars in the 1950's and '60's because of segregation and discrimination. They sold their paintings along U.S. Highway 1 in Florida for as little a $10 apiece, just to escape the orange groves and fields where they were forced to work because of the color of their skin. They sold their paintings like this too because galleries wouldn't allow them inside. Sometimes they would go door to door selling their paintings just to survive. People didn't realize the importance of these paintings at the time, and when their work was rediscovered in the 1990's, well, today the paintings are recognized as the work of American folk artists. Willie was inducted into Florida's Artists Hall of Fame in 2004. Sight: 23 x 35 in. Overall: 27 1/4 x 39 1/2 in. Please note that all sales are final. No refunds will be given under any circumstances.